Quentin Durward (Waverley Novels, 15, Band 15) - Hardcover

Scott, Walter, Sir

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ISBN 10: 0748605797 ISBN 13: 9780748605798

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2001

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Find Out What Scott Really WroteGoing back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production. Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI in the fifteenth century. He knows little and understands less, but Scott represents his ignorance and naiveté as useful to 'the most sagacious prince in Europe' who needs servants motivated solely by the desire for coin and credit and lacking any interest in France which would interfere with the execution of his political aims. In Quentin Durward Scott studies the first modern state in the process of destroying the European feudal system.By far the most important of Scott's sources for Quentin Durward is the splendid Memoirs of Philippe de Comines. Comines, who has more than a walk-on role in the novel itself, was trusted councillor of Charles the Bold of Burgundy until 1472, when

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Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.

G A M Wood was formerly Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling.

J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen G A M Wood is Formerly Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling

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• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0748605797
• ISBN 13: 9780748605798
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 595
• Herausgeber: Alexander J. H., Wood G. A. M.
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